Hose-supporter.



No. 874,766. PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

E. MLHAYNES.

HOSE SUBPORTER. APPLICATION IILED Nov. 8. 1906.

ETHEL M. HAYNES, OF NORMAL, ILLINOIS.

HOSE-SUEPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24:, 1907.

Application filed November 8. 1906. Serial No. 342,552.

To all whom it may concern:

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Be it known that I, ETHEL M. HAYNES, a main part of the tape is drawn upwardly,

citizen of the United States, residing at Normal, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has reference, generall to garment supports of that type whic are designed to connect with tapes, and to engage the upper edges or parts of stockings for holding the same up in proper position, it being the object of the invention to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of that nature which can be manufactured at a very slight cost.

More especially, however, the invention resides in the particular construction of the body portion of the device, and in the attachment thereto of a pair of coacting bars which are slidably mounted upon the arms of the body portion and are movable towards the inturned sharpened ends thereof, soas to cause the same to penetrate and engage the tape which is twisted around said bars.

The invention will be readily understood from a consideration of the following de tailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like parts or features as the case may be are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention, showing the loop raised. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section showing the device as connected with the tape and a portion of a garment.-

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 designates the U-shaped frame or body portion of the device which is formed of a single piece of wire, the parallel arms 11 of which have their free upper ends 12 bent laterally inwards towards each other, the terminals of said ends being directed downwards and sharpened, as indicated by the numeral 18. Slidably mounted at opposite ends upon said arms are a pair of transversely disposed coacting bars 14, around which the end of the tape is adapted to be whereupon said bars will be moved correspondingly, and clamped against the upper portion of the frame, carrying the tape against the sharpened terminals of the arms which are thus caused to penetrate the tape and hold it securely in place in said frame, as shown in Fig. 3. The frame is further provided with a loop 15 which is likewise slidably connected with the arms 11 by having its ends bent therearound, as indicated by the numeral 16, this method of attachment permitting a swinging movement of the loop, as will be apparent.

From the point at which they are connected to the frame arms, the sides 17 of the loop extend downwardly and inwardly towards each other, and are then bent forwardly, forming a neck 18. From the outer part of the neck, the middle portion of the wire constituting the loop is bent upward so as to form a head 19, the head being broader than the sides of the throat 9 of the frame, said throat being formed by reducing the width of the lower part of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1. The neck 18, however, is narrower than the throat so that it may slide inside of the same. With this construction and with the upper end of the frame being attached to a tape as above described, the frame and swinging member 15 may be moved upward on the parallel sides 11, and then be swung forward or so that the edge of a stocking or other garment may be passed through from the rear side to the front of the frame below the sliding member and turned over the head 19 when the latter may be swung back and drawn down with the neck inside of the throat of the frame and the head over the side of the throat, clamping the fabric in the throat between the sides thereof and the sides 17 and head of the sliding loop. The upper edge of the stocking may also be adjusted in the holding means of its supporter by swinging the member 15 back and placing the fabric between the frame and the said member, the latter being then swung forloop is moved down into the throat 9, when the said portion of the fabric will be clamped between the side of the throat and neck and over the sides of the head and there securely held. By simply drawing up on the loop 15 the fabric will be instantly released as will be readily understood.

A garment supporter of the nature described, and used as set forth will securely hold the garment to which it is attached Without liability of tearing or doing other in jury to the same; and the thinnest and most delicate goods as well as thick fabrics can be held with the same security and safety. It is easily adjustable and can be released instantly as before indicated. t That is claimed is In a garment supporter, a U-shaped body portion having the free ends of its arms bent laterally inwards towards each other, the terminals of said bent ends being directed downwards and sharpened, and a pair of transversely disposed coacting bars adapted to have the end of a strip of fabric twisted therearound, and having their ends slidably engaged with said arms, said bars being designed for movement towards said sharpened terminals to cause the same to penetrate and engage the fabric.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ETHEL M. HAYNES.

Witnesses:

J. B. MILLER, J. B. ADAM. 

